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Available to order by phone only: The two-CD set is a collection of the SRJO's best recordings made at concerts between 2001 and 2005 in performance at the annual Duke Ellington Sacred Music Concert presented each year by Earshot Jazz, featuring the Oregon Repertory Singers, under the direction of Gil Seeley.
Highlights include the epic pieces 'Praise God and Dance' and 'In the Beginning God,' the spirited 'Ninety-Nine Percent' and 'Don't Get Down on Your Knees to Pray Until You Have Forgiven Everyone,' and the stirring ballads 'Heaven' and 'Too Good to Title.'
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“Vespers” - Rachmaninov’s magnificent work, “The All-Night Vigil” was recorded by ORS with Vladamir Minin, Artistic Director of the Moscow Chamber Choir, conducting. Members of the Chamber Choir traveled to Portland to perform with ORS in this piece which is considered the crowning glory of Russian choral music.
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“Fern Hill” - The recording features John Corigliano’s “Fern Hill” for chorus, orchestra and soloists. The lilting melodies and close harmonies in this work are reminiscent of a New England landscape and evoke the perfect image conveyed by the test of the piece which is a poem by Dylan Thomas. The recording also includes pieces by American composers Cecil Effinger and Mel Powell.
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“Arvo Pärt/Lou Harrison” - This recording features the world premiere of Arvo Pärt’s “Berliner Messe” and the first compact disc recording of Lou Harrison’s “Mass to St. Anthony.”
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